Men’s and Women’s Health Beliefs Differentially Predict Coronary Heart Disease Incidence in a Population-Based Sample

Korin, Maya Rom; Chaplin, William F.; Shaffer, Jonathan A.; Butler, Mark J.; Ojie, Mary-Jane; Davidson, Karina W.

doi:10.1177/1090198112449461

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“…Results supported previous research about the salience of depression (Ameringer & Leventhal, 2010;Bonnet et al, 2005;Conner et al, 2009;Ng & Jeffery, 2003;Verger et al, 2009) and health beliefs (Becker & Rosenstock, 1984;Korin et al, 2013) when accounting for health behaviors associated with cardiac health. However, this study found support for a more complex set of relationships among these variables, indicating that depression had both direct and indirect effects on men's health behaviors in which health beliefs mediated the relationship between depression and health behaviors.…”

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confidence: 87%

Men’s head and heart: Health beliefs mediating depression’s relationship to heart-healthy behaviors.

Mahalik¹,

Sims²,

Bianca³

2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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The purpose of the study was to test whether health beliefs mediate the relationship between men's depression and their report of heart-healthy behaviors. Four hundred thirty-five participant men were recruited online from 50 states and completed an online survey of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale, Cardiac-Related Health Behaviors Index, and the Health Belief Model Heart Disease Scale in randomized order. Path analysis using Hayes' PROCESS model was conducted to test mediation, and results indicated that (a) depression predicted fewer health-promoting behaviors and (b) men's health beliefs (perceived benefits and barriers to engaging in heart-healthy behaviors) mediated the relationship between depression and health behaviors. Efforts to increase men's adoption of heart-healthy behaviors should address how depression affects men's health, and focus psychoeducation on specific beliefs about health associated with depression, particularly barriers to heart-healthy behaviors and self-care related to depression. Future directions for research and practice are discussed. Public Significance StatementMen's depression and health-risk behaviors are understood as co-occurring and contributing to negative outcomes from human suffering to economic losses of productivity. The findings suggest that men's depression is associated with beliefs that there are fewer benefits and more barriers to heart-healthy behaviors which, in turn, explain adopting riskier health behaviors.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Men’s head and heart: Health beliefs mediating depression’s relationship to heart-healthy behaviors.

Mahalik¹,

Sims²,

Bianca³

2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…From this point of view, the results from our study suggest PHIMs to have had a positive impact on patient empowerment, with female patients more responsive to empowerment strategies compared to males. This is in line with other results that studied health behaviors in males and females 14,15…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?

Moerenhout¹,

Borgermans²,

Schol³

et al. 2013

PPA

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BackgroundPatient health information materials (PHIMs), such as leaflets and posters are widely used by family physicians to reinforce or illustrate information, and to remind people of information received previously. This facilitates improved health-related knowledge and self-management by patients.ObjectiveThis study assesses the use of PHIMs by patient. It also addresses their perception of the quality and the impact of PHIMs on the interaction with their physician, along with changes in health-related knowledge and self-management.MethodsQuestionnaire survey among patients of family practices of one town in Belgium, assessing: (1) the extent to which patients read PHIMs in waiting rooms (leaflets and posters) and take them home, (2) the patients’ perception of the impact of PHIMs on interaction with their physician, their change in health-related knowledge and self-management, and (3) the patients judgment of the quality of PHIMs.ResultsWe included 903 questionnaires taken from ten practices. Ninety-four percent of respondents stated they read PHIMs (leaflets), 45% took the leaflets home, and 78% indicated they understood the content of the leaflets. Nineteen percent of respondents reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with their physician and 26% indicated that leaflets allowed them to ask fewer questions of their physician. Thirty-four percent indicated that leaflets had previously helped them to improve their health-related knowledge and self-management. Forty-two percent reportedly discussed the content of the leaflets with others. Patient characteristics are of significant influence on the perceived impact of PHIMS in physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management.ConclusionThis study suggests that patients value health information materials in the waiting rooms of family physicians and that they perceive such materials as being helpful in improving patient–physician interaction, health-related knowledge, and self-management.

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“…These findings are similar to those reported in earlier studies that showed that males are, in general, more likely to use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes [6,7,45]. The male/female differences might be due to the overall higher health concerns or beliefs and a lower likelihood of engaging in health-compromising behaviors (e.g., tobacco use) among females than among males [46,47]. A possible reason for the non-statistically significant differences in e-cigarette use between male and female sexual minority persons might be due to the evidence that tobacco use is different among young sexual minority persons, but the use becomes similar as these persons transition to adulthood [48,49].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Association between E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Anxiety/Depression among Black/African American Adults Based on Sexual Identity

Adzrago

Harrell

Fujimoto

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Limited studies have examined disparities in e-cigarette use among Black/African American adults by sexual identity and whether the relationship between symptoms of anxiety/depression and e-cigarette use varies by sexual identity. We examined the association between e-cigarette use behaviors (never, former, and current use) and anxiety/depression among a nationally representative sample of Black/African American adults who identified as a sexual minority (lesbian/gay, bisexual, and others) or heterosexual individuals. We combined cross-sectional data from the 2011 to 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey (n = 6267), which is a nationally representative data set. We computed weighted e-cigarette use prevalence and multinomial logistic regression results (never use compared with former and current use, respectively). Among Blacks/African Americans, a larger percentage of sexual minority individuals compared with heterosexual individuals reported former and current e-cigarette use. Among sexual minorities, lesbian/gay individuals reported higher former e-cigarette use, whereas bisexual individuals reported higher current e-cigarette use. Among sexual minority individuals, moderate symptoms of anxiety/depression, compared with no symptoms of anxiety/depression, were associated with a higher likelihood of former e-cigarette use. Among heterosexuals, moderate symptoms of anxiety/depression were also associated with a higher likelihood of former e-cigarette use, while mild and severe symptoms of anxiety/depression were associated with current e-cigarette use compared with no symptoms of anxiety/depression. The intersection between sexual identity and anxiety/depression influenced e-cigarette use behaviors in different ways among Black/African Americans. The findings reinforce the heterogeneity within the Black/African American population, indicating the dangers of not considering subgroup differences as a standard part of public health research practice.

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Men’s and Women’s Health Beliefs Differentially Predict Coronary Heart Disease Incidence in a Population-Based Sample

Cited by 5 publications

References 41 publications

Men’s head and heart: Health beliefs mediating depression’s relationship to heart-healthy behaviors.

Men’s head and heart: Health beliefs mediating depression’s relationship to heart-healthy behaviors.

Patient health information materials in waiting rooms of family physicians: do patients care?

Association between E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Anxiety/Depression among Black/African American Adults Based on Sexual Identity

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